2006 Media Releases:

CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
JAMES P. LYNCH, ACTING CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR
MEDIA INFORMATION

April 27, 2006

Acting Camden County Prosecutor James P. Lynch reported that a teenager was waived to adult court today and is being held in lieu of bail, charged with Murder and Attempted in connection with a double shooting in November 2005 in Camden, N.J.

Victor Lopez, 18, was charged in January as a juvenile because he was 17 at the time of the shootings. Today, Judge Angelo DiCamillo, of the Family Division of Superior Court in Camden, waived Lopez to adult court and ordered that he be transferred to the Camden County Correctional Facility. Later today, the defendant was arraigned before Judge Linda G. Baxter, Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division in Camden, who set bail at $400,000, cash or bond.

Lopez is charged with Murder in the death of Glen Ross, 33, and Attempted Murder in the shooting of a 30-year-old man who suffered gunshot wounds to the shoulder and abdomen. The shooting took place in the 1100 block of Morton Street in Camden. Investigation indicates the two victims were seated in a Jeep parked on Morton Street at approximately 8:20 p.m. on Nov. 7, 2005. It is alleged that Lopez approached on foot, fired at the victims from close range, and fled on foot. The motive has not been clearly established.

All persons charged with criminal offenses are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.